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HB1532Introduced in the House of Delegates

Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act

Passed

Introduced by Marc Korman, District 16

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; altering certain required procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential solar energy systems; altering the uses of the Environmental Trust Fund; etc.

Where it stands

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

20 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Third Reading Passed · April 13, 2026

105

Yes

27

No

9

Absent or Not Voting

141 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Jason Buckel1No
Terry Baker1No
Jim Hinebaugh1No
William Wivell2No
William Valentine2No
Matthew Schindler2Yes
Ken Kerr3Yes
Kris Fair3Yes
Karen Simpson3Yes
Barrie Ciliberti4No

Bill history

  1. First Reading Environment and Transportation

  2. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

  4. Favorable with Amendments {823929/1

  5. Motion Laid Over (Delegate Korman) Adopted

  6. Favorable with Amendments {823929/1 Adopted

  7. Floor Amendment {513928/1 (Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee) Adopted

  8. Floor Amendment {813424/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (37-97)

  9. Floor Amendment {303024/1 (Delegate Howard) Rejected (39-96)

  10. Floor Amendment {303926/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (38-98)

  11. Floor Amendment {303424/1 (Delegate Pippy) Withdrawn

  12. Floor Amendment {283823/1 (Delegate Nkongolo) Rejected (37-98)

  13. Floor Amendment {283429/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected (31-99)

  14. Floor Amendment {423729/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (35-98)

  15. Floor Amendment {863121/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (34-99)

  16. Floor Amendment {663523/1 (Delegate Hartman) Rejected (37-98)

  17. Floor Amendment {993026/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected (24-99)

  18. Floor Amendment {513823/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (35-94)

  19. Floor Amendment {403425/1 (Delegate Wivell) Rejected (36-90)

  20. Floor Amendment {713521/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected (38-95)

  21. Floor Amendment {393429/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Withdrawn

  22. Floor Amendment {793623/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (33-99)

  23. Floor Amendment {693028/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (31-100)

  24. Floor Amendment {603022/1 (Delegate Rose) Rejected (37-98)

  25. Floor Amendment {403924/1 (Delegate Griffith) Rejected (36-98)

  26. Floor Amendment {423827/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (38-96)

  27. Floor Amendment {113421/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (36-97)

  28. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  29. Third Reading Passed (108-25)

  30. Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

  31. Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.

  32. Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

  33. Favorable with Amendments {393820/1 Adopted

  34. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  35. Floor Amendment {353225/1 (Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee) Adopted

  36. Third Readings Passed with Amendments (38-4)

  37. House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments

  38. House Requests Senate Recede

  39. House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Korman, Fraser-Hidalgo and Guyton)

  40. House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments

  41. House Requests Senate Recede

  42. House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Korman, Fraser-Hidalgo and Guyton)

  43. Senate Refuses Recede

  44. Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Hester and Simonaire)

  45. Senate Refuses Recede

  46. Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Hester and Simonaire)

  47. Conference Committee Report {583123/1 Adopted

  48. Third Reading Passed (105-27)

  49. Conference Committee Report {583123/1

  50. Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted (32-13)

  51. Conference Committee Report {583123/1 Adopted (33-11)

  52. Third Reading Passed (35-11)

  53. Passed Enrolled

  54. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353

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